The 12-600 series sets were delivered from fiscal 2011. Broadly based on the earlier 12-000 series design (sets 16 to 53), these sets included a number of design improvements.[3] The latest batch of sets entered service on 15 February 2019 and use a different headlamp setup, with a dual headlamp-taillamp fixture; as opposed to shield-beam headlamps as used on the first eight sets, these use LED fixtures.
As of 2018, ten sets are in service and are all based at Kiba Depot.
Formation
The 12-600 sets are formed as shown below, with all cars motored.[3]
Car No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Designation
M2c
M1
M2
M1
M1
M2
M1
M2c
Numbering
12-6x1
12-6x2
12-6x3
12-6x4
12-6x5
12-6x6
12-6x7
12-6x8
Weight (t)
25.5
25.9
25.8
25.9
25.9
25.8
25.9
25.7
Capacity (total/seated)
90/36
100/44
100/44
100/40
100/40
100/44
100/44
90/36
Each M1 car is fitted with a single-arm pantograph.[4]
Car 5 is designated as a mildly-air-conditioned car.[4]
The first 12-600 series set (cars 12-611 to 12-618) was delivered from the Kawasaki factory in Hyōgo Prefecture in August 2011.[6] It entered service on 23 February 2012.[7] On 30 March 2015, Toei Subway announced it had ordered a second batch of 12-600 series trains. On these trains, the magenta stripe is located at the height of the windows so it can be seen above the platform edge doors installed at every station. LCD information displays are provided above the doors. The trains entered service on 6 April 2015, with six units to be delivered by June 2016, replacing older 12-000 series trains.[8][9]
11 additional 12-600 series trainsets (88 cars) were ordered from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 2016.[2] The first of these trains entered service in 2018, with four additional trainsets entering service per year until 2021.[10]
References
^ abc 私鉄車両のうごき [Private Railway Rolling Stock Changes]. Tetsudo Daiya Joho Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 45, no. 390. Japan: Kotsu Shimbun. October 2016. p. 127.
^ ab"東京都交通局向けリニア式地下鉄車両を受注" [Received an order for linear subway trains from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Transportation]. Kawasaki Heavy Industries (in Japanese). 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ ab"東京都交通局１２－６００形（大江戸線）" [Toei 12-600 series (Ōedo Line)]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 41, no. 336. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. April 2012. p. 82.
^ abc 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 33. ISBN978-4-330-48414-3.
^ 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. ３４. ISBN978-4-330-70116-5.
^都営大江戸線向け12-600形が甲種輸送される [Toei Oedo Line 12-600 series delivered]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
^12-600形 営業運転開始 [12-600 series enters revenue service]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^"都営大江戸線、12-600形を増備…ラインカラーは車体上部に" [Further 12-600 series trains ordered for Toei Oedo Line] (in Japanese). Japan: IID Inc. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^"都営大江戸線に新車両がデビューします。" [New trains to enter service on Toei Oedo Line]. kotsu.tokyo.metro.jp (in Japanese). Japan: Toei. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^"東京都交通局経営計画2019" [Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Management Plan 2019] (PDF). kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp (in Japanese). 2019. Archived from the original(PDF) on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
